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Hybridizer: Keith Keppel
Year Of Registration: 2016
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 2017
Seedling Number: 08-25A
Classification: Tall Bearded (TB)
Registered Height: 36 inches (91 cm)
Bloom Season: Mid
Flower Form: Bubble Ruffled
Bloom Color Classification: Peach
Purple
Flower Patterns: Plicata
Bloom Color Description: Dark purple standard centers showing slight white to prune purple flecking, more on inner side; dark purple edges on falls lightening to cyclamen purple, 5/8" band dotting and raying into golden buff orange, faint white ground showing under dark hafts
Beard Color: Hairs based white, lavender mid layer, tips terra cotta
Style Arm Color: Blended redder and lighter
Awards: Honorable Mention: 2019

General Plant Information (Edit)
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun to Partial Shade
Soil pH Preferences: Slightly acid (6.1 – 6.5)
Neutral (6.6 – 7.3)
Slightly alkaline (7.4 – 7.8)
Minimum cold hardiness: Zone 3 -40 °C (-40 °F) to -37.2 °C (-35)
Maximum recommended zone: Zone 9b
Flowers: Showy
Underground structures: Rhizome
Propagation: Seeds: Will not come true from seed
Propagation: Other methods: Division
Ploidy: Tetraploid
Parentage: Sorbonne X 06-169E: (02-72B: (98-204G: (Charleston x 92-44A: (87-26A: (Rosarita x 82-11K: (78-81A: (Rancho Rose x 75-113B: (71-12C: (68-5A: ((Henna Stitches x (Maricopa x Chinquapin)) x Montage) x Roundup) x 71-43D: (68-17B: (Montage x April Melody) x April Melody))) x Gigolo)) x Power Surge)) X 00-45A: (Storm Track x Drama Queen) x 98-204A) x 02-69B: (98-204B x 98-204A))
Child plants: one child plant

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Common names
  • Tall Bearded Iris
  • Iris

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